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Comic Con in Photos

The folks from Oregon Comic Con say the event brought it all. The event was held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Tens of thousands of comic fans converged on the Oregon Convention Center at Portland Comic Con to celebrate the best in pop culture.

Burmese Muslims Stateless at Home and No Refuge Elsewhere!

In Bangladesh, it is said that there are over 250,000 Rohingyas, some 35,000 of them in overcrowded camps.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh Mayu Press) - THEY are thought to be the world’s most persecuted refugees. It is also argued that they are one of the most forgotten too.

In Jeddah prison I saw and met hundreds of inmates from Burma.

You Are Free to Make Your Own Moves!

See How They May Vote on The Sri Lankan Resolution, sponsored by the US

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - India will vote in support of a resolution sponsored by the United States against Sri Lanka at the upcoming 22nd session of the United Nations Human Right Council that is scheduled to commence Monday in Geneva.

The announcement comes on the heels of revelations of rape and torture of former Tamil Tiger militants.

CRC Rammed Through in Salem

Without naming the CRC in her prepared statement, Tina Kotek (D-North Portland) framed the boondoggle as a “jobs and economic development bill.

(PORTLAND, OR) - If your rep in Salem is a Dem and their name isn’t Lew Frederick of Portland or Carolyn Tomei of Milwaukie, she or he voted for the CRC (Columbia River Crossing) boondoogle today.

They were joined by nine silent Repubs in the 45-11 vote to burden Oregonians to pay for the ill-conceived project *engineered by the corporate 1%...

Oregon Bus Tour Seeks to Unite Rural Communities on Immigration Reform, Fair Treatment for Immigrants

Includes "March for ONE Oregon" Bus Tour Schedule.

(SALEM) - Next week, 50 Oregonians will embark on a 5 day regional Bus Tour through Oregon’s Congressional District 2.

The goal of the historic event is to unite rural communities in the vision of immigration reform, restoration of driver’s licenses and fair treatment for all immigrants.

Preserve the Credit Workers Have Earned

They've earned it.

(SILVERTON, OR) - Working families with low incomes have earned the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Oregon legislature should act quickly to make sure they keep it.

Many Oregonians toil in jobs that pay too little, so they struggle to make ends meet.

Liberating the Land of Canaan

Includes upcoming actions in Occupied Palestine.

(BETHLEHEM) - I just returned to Palestine after a productive but tiring short tour of European cities (Paris, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Geneva).

The purpose was to rejoin the growing uprising against the occupation/colonization and to witness the PA and Israel still engaged in “security coordination” with our own tax money used as “leverage”...

Sri Lanka: Rape of Tamil Detainees

Politically Motivated Sexual Assaults in Custody Continue Since Conflict.

(LONDON HRW) - Sri Lankan security forces have been using rape and other forms of sexual violence to torture suspected members or supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The abuse is center of a new report by Human Rights Watch released today.

VIDEO REPORT: Gunman Dies Following Shootout with Police in Silverton RV Park

Another tragic shooting by a man reportedly armed with multiple firearms.

(SILVERTON, OR) - 911 callers reported an armed man firing at people in a Silverton RV park at approximately 1:49 p.m. Monday.

The calls came from the residents at the Silver Spur RV Park, 12622 Silverton Road NE.

Anti-Nuclear Activists Coming to Puget Sound in March

The Pacific Life Community (PLC) is dedicated to ending nuclear weapons and war-making through nonviolent direct action.

(SEATTLE) - Activists from around the country will come to Puget Sound in resistance to nuclear weapons and war-making during the first weekend of March.

The annual Pacific Life Community Faith & Resistance Retreat is being held at the All Saints Camp in Gig Harbor from March 1st through March 4th.